The Roaring Twenties
A promise to me that I needed, she said she would.
As St. Thomas threw these "He's dead" words, I know
not to be appeased this way. No anger could
be strongest to gleam red in me, which resolves, so,
I worry about nothing. Oh, stranger, don't dissolve slow
in me now. When did I become this? So now
you are involved; your ghost donning doubt. Why
do these frowns adorn your face when smiles
hide behind and underneath? I lace my trials
with kind and blunder-free; what is there to get
in a handshake with a glove on it? Its cold pleat?
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Submitted on January 23, 2015
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 525 |
Words | 103 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 11 |
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